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By Cassie Buchman News Editor |@cjbuchman No matter what the circumstance, those who knew Mary Caroline Simpson always knew her to be a devoted faculty member. Even after Simpson, an art history professor and graduate coordinator for the MA studio program, was admitted to the hospital for heart issues and placed on medical leave, she never wanted to stop working, interim chair of the art department Chris Kahler said. “She kept saying, well, I’ll be back at work on Monday; make sure the students are doing this,” Kahler said. “Nothing could slow this woman down.” Though he tried to keep an eye on Simpson with the help of her sister and brother, Kahler learned from them that Simpson was fiercely independent. “She always lived life under her own terms,” Kahler said. “The mere fact she had to relax never sat well with her.” Kahler said Simpson would insist on working and keep up with her student’s progress even while not at the university. “There were a few times where she would be very assertive — she would say, “I’m fine, I can handle that, do that, do this,” he said. Simpson, 56, died at 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. A memorial service is planned for 4 p.m. today in the Tarble Arts Center. Simpson’s family got in touch with Kahler and art history professor Stephen Eskilson and invited them to see Simpson in the hospital. “It’s sad, she was very young,” Eskilson said. Eskilson worked in the office next to Simpson, and said she was someone he could talk to about anything, whether it was their students and other work matters to the presidential election. “She was engaged and funny, charming to talk to,” Eskilson said. For him, not having Simpson around to talk to has been strange. “I thought yesterday between classes, I thought ‘Oh, I gotta tell Caroline that,’” he said. Kahler met Simpson when she first came to Eastern in 2007 and figured out right away that she would be an “amazing resource to work with graduate students.” “She really was intelligent, very devoted to students,” Kahler said. “She worked so hard with them and always believed in excellence. It’s one of the things we really appreciated about her.” Despite helping students working toward a Masters of Arts in Studio Art degree, an area that Kahler calls “a pressure cooker,” Simpson made time to serve on committees. “She was always available when students needed help, she was extremely helpful when they had to write artists statements or do things that extend beyond that,” Kahler said. Ann Vieux, who worked closely with Simpson as a student, took over the classes Simpson was teaching during her medical leave. “I think having a female role model who was so successful academically was really important at my time at Eastern,” Vieux said. Though Simpson had clear expectations for her students, Eskilson said she was still respectful of them, something Kahler admired about her. Memorial, page 5
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Hannah Hohlbauch, a senior psychology major, relaxes in her hammock near the Thut Greenhouse Wednesday. “One time I was sleeping in (my hammock) and a opossum came up in it,” Hohlbauch said.
Facility occupation tax to be voted on By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief| @DEN_news The county school facility occupation tax will be on the voting ballot for the third time on Nov. 8. This referendum is a 1 percent sales tax increase that will apply to merchandise items in the Coles County which will go to repairing local schools’ facilities and paying off bonds.
The needed repairs include fixing the schools’ plumbing; electoral work; heating, venting and air conditioning; sidewalks; parking lot; cracked walls and leaking roofs. In past years, the referendum has been voted down. The Citizens for Coles County Schools has created a campaign to convince residents to vote yes on the referendum, while the Coles Citizens for Progress Committee was made to convince residents to vote no. Several attempts to reach a representative of the Coles Citizens for Progress Committee were unsuccessful. Eastern alumnus Matt Titus, a member of the Citizens for Coles County School’s steering committee, said there are approximately $2.6 million worth of immediate facility damages. There are 15 public schools in the Coles County district but Charleston High School, Jefferson Middle School, Charleston Middle
School, Mattoon High School and Mattoon Middle School are in the most dire need for facility improvement, Titus said. In 2014, Mattoon Middle School was hit with one of the worst roof leaks they have ever had. “They had to close down an entire wing and set up a temporary classrooms in the gym,” Titus said. Mattoon is expected to earn over $2.5 million a year, Charleston is expected a little over $2 million yearly and Oakland will earn about $130,000 annually from sales taxes if the referendum is approved. The money will be distributed based the school’s enrollment and the amount of schools that are in each town. According to Illinois state law, the money raised cannot be used to paid for faculty member’s salaries, pensions and instructional material Tax, page 5 like computers.
Workgroup brainstorms rearrangements By Kalyn Hayslett Editor-in-Chief | @DEN_news Workgroup No. 9 started reorganizing academic colleges and departments already at Eastern and brainstormed the different arrangements of academic programs. The group members wrote down the academic departments on sticky notes, which they then placed on a chalkboard divided into five different sections. The first four sections included departments that would be reorganized within their current colleges while the fifth section was for what could be placed under the college of Human Health Studies. Programs the group recommends on placing under Human Health Studies included health
promotion, kinesiology and sports studies, communication disorders and sciences and nursing. Members suggested possibly splitting the courses within the family and consumer sciences department and moving them to other colleges. Austin Cheney, the chair of the technology department, said they could move some dietetics courses, now offered as a concentration in the FCS department, into the College of Human Health Studies. Another suggestion was moving the FCS appeal and textile design concentration into the business department. Workgroup chair Melinda Mueller, a political science professor, said it is important that the group considers the cost associated with all of the academic departments before solidifying any suggestions. Health studies professor Sheila Simons said
she can remember people being upset at past college reorganizations, and this time around would be no exception. “People will be emotional; it will be hard to avoid that,” Simons said. “It was a bit of a struggle last time. We are just a committee trying to give suggestions.” Mueller said she was thinking about grouping political science, journalism, criminology and communication studies together because she has noticed that students tend to take courses from all of these academic areas together. Mueller could also see criminology being coupled with sociology as well. Implementing a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics college was also suggested.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton appears on the cusp of a potentially commanding victory over Donald Trump, fueled by solid Democratic turnout in early voting, massive operational advantages and increasing enthusiasm among her supporters. A new Associated Press-GfK poll released Wednesday finds that Clinton has grabbed significant advantages over her Republican rival with just 12 days left before Election Day. Among them: consolidating the support of her party and even winning some Republicans. Overall, the poll shows Clinton leading Trump nationally by a staggering 14 percentage points among likely voters, 51-37. That margin is the largest national lead for Clinton among recent surveys. Most have
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generally shown her ahead of Trump for the past several weeks. The AP-GfK poll finds that Clinton has secured the support of 90 percent of likely Democratic voters, and also has the backing of 15 percent of more moderate Republicans. Just 79 percent of all Republicans surveyed say they are voting for their party's nominee. With voting already underway in 37 states, Trump's opportunities to overtake Clinton are quickly evaporating — and voters appear to know it. The AP-GfK poll found that 74 percent of likely voters believe Clinton will win, up from 63 percent in September. Troubles with President Barack Obama's signature health care law have given Trump a late opening to warn voters against putting anoth-
er Democrat in the White House. And the poll was taken before the government projected sharp cost increases. But even Republicans question whether the rising price of insurance premiums is enough to overcome the damage the businessman has done to his standing with women and minorities. Even if Clinton's support plummets in the contest's closing days, or she's unable to motivate strong turnout in her favor, it's not clear that Trump could marshal the resources to take advantage and collect enough states to win the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the White House. Clinton's team has overwhelmed Trump's campaign in its effort to turn out voters.
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Emails show Clinton campaign’s concern of Sanders WASHINGTON (AP) — Allies of Hillary Clinton felt threatened by the power of Sen. Bernie Sanders' candidacy and wondered about getting some signal of support from President Barack Obama in the heat of the Democratic primaries, according to the latest emails in a hacked trove from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Ahead of the Illinois primary in March, liberal operative Neera Tanden asked Podesta, who formerly worked on Obama's transition in 2008, if the president could give any kind of indication that he was supporting Clinton over Sanders. Tanden asked Podesta whether Obama could "even hint of support of Hillary before Tuesday?" Obama stayed officially neutral in the primaries until Clinton clinched the nomination in June.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The hourly minimum wage in suburban Chicago will be increased to $13 in action taken by the Cook County board.
Wednesday's action will gradually raise the minimum wage. The first increase, to $10 an hour, takes effect July 1, 2017. The wage rises to $11 a year later and to $12 in July 2019. It becomes $13 an hour in 2020. The law applies to the entire county, including unincorporated areas. However, home-rule communities can vote to opt out of the increase. Trade groups representing the retail and restaurant industries oppose the measure, saying businesses operating on 3 to 5 percent profit margins already are squeezed by a battery of cost increases, including a federal rule extending overtime pay to millions more Americans that takes effect Dec. 1.
Law enforcement holds off on raiding pipeline protestors CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The prospect of a police raid on an encampment protesting the Dakota Access pipeline faded as night fell Wednesday, with law enforcement making no immediate move after protesters rejected their request to withdraw from private land. Unmarked aircraft that had been monitoring protesters were withdrawn late in the day, and some activists who had been on hand for a possible confrontation headed back to a larger protest camp on federal land.
Law enforcement officials said they were ready to remove about 200 protesters who this weekend set up teepees and tents on land owned by the pipeline company. Activists fear the nearly 1,200mile pipeline could harm cultural sites and drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Strong earthquake aftershocks strike central Italy ROME (AP) — A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people. But hours after the temblors hit, there were no reports of serious injuries or signs of people trapped in rubble, said the head of Italy's civil protection agency, Fabrizio Curcio. A handful of people were treated for slight injuries or anxiety at area hospitals in the most affected regions of Umbria and Le Marche, he said. The first struck at 7:10 p.m. and carried a magnitude of 5.4. But the second one was eight times stronger at 6.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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By Mallory Kutnick Contributing Writer | @DEN_News Rising recording artist and music major Tyler Seawood took to the stage, accompanied by a group of friends, to perform soul music in the 7th Street Underground of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Wednesday. Seawood said he had rarely picked up an instrument until the age of 13 when he began fiddling around with his father’s drum set. Now, Seawood has made what began with curiosity and drumsticks into the beginning of a professional career jumpstarted with the release of his first album “New Beginnings” this past summer. “I do a lot of shows, but I usually play behind the scenes, but for my first show... If I could go back to that night...” Seawood said. During that night, Seawood was stunned at the size of the audience that came to see him perform songs from “New Beginnings” live at Jackson Avenue Coffee. “I think there were at least 100 people there,” Seawood said. “It was amazing to see that many people of different backgrounds. It was such a diverse crowd and a diverse audience that were all loving the music that I was producing.” Seawood said the next step in his career is to branch out. He is now in the process of book-
ing tours and venues in Mattoon and Champaign as well as other surrounding areas. Along with his schoolwork and his off-campus musical gigs, Seawood plays in two ensembles at Eastern and two outside of the university. Between everything, he said he barely has time for himself. “I’m kind of a workaholic,” Seawood said, adding that this has been the norm for him even when he banged on the drums for the first time. However, when he graduates after the spring semester, Seawood hopes his schedule will be free enough to go further with his music. “I have some people that I know in L.A. that I’m trying to get in contact with to help put me out there,” Seawood said. “I’m working with some really talented singers and helping them produce some music of their own.” For now, though, Seawood is working to promote “New Beginnings,” with Wednesday’s concert being the second step in the promotion process. With an enthusiastic audience singing along, Seawood provided bass solos and accompaniments to the voices of Adiare “Peety” Thomas, Kanitra Keaton, sophomore sociology major Taleiya Baker and Eastern alumna Bri Willis, who graduated in 2014. Mallory Kutnick can be reached at 5812812 or mbkutnick@eiu.edu.
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Taleiya Baker, a sophomore sociology major, performs as Tyler Seawood, a senior music performance major, plays the bass during “Music for the Soul.” The performance features Seawood’s band and guest performing artists playing NeoSoul/R&B tunes in the 7th Street Underground Wednesday.
Student Senate discusses the grade appeal process By Samuel Nusbaum Administration Reporter | @DEN_News The Student Senate talked about making students aware of the grade appeals process and announced a speaker for the “It’s On Us” Campaign at its meeting Wednesday. Luke Young, student vice president for academic affairs, talked to
Shelley James, the interim director of Ninth Street Hall, about creating pamphlets explaining what grade appeals are and how to use them. “A lot of students do not know about it, or do not use it correctly,” Young said. He said doing this will let students know the option is out there and also helps them know when it is appro-
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priate to use it and when it is not. A proper use of the grades appeals process would be for when a professor misplaces a grade or when a professor makes a mathematical error, Young said. Many of the grade appeals are determined on a case-by-case basis by the college’s Grade Appeal Committee.
He said the pamphlets will be in the folder incoming students receive, so the information will be with them during their first year of school. Student Body President Catie Witt told the senate there will be an It’s On Us Campaign board meeting every other Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Student Activities Center of the Martin Luther King Jr. University
Union. She said Jackie Mortillaro has been chosen to show up at Eastern in March and speak about her experiences with sexual assault. Witt reminded the senate April is Sexual Assault Prevention Month. Samuel Nusbaum can be reached at 581-2812 or at scnusbaum@eiu.edu.
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As my alarm rang at 5:55 am, I felt more awake than ever before. I felt like a kid on Christmas Eve who was anxiously waiting to open their presents. It may not be December, but October 17th marks my (and many others’) first day as a practicum student. It was like the first day of school all over again. I spent the night before making sure everything was prepared. I tried on countless outfits, buried my floor with the rejects and packed up my bag prior to going to bed. I wanted to make sure everything went smoothly in the morning. I did not want to start off my first day on the wrong foot. This was the day that I have been waiting anxiously for since I entered the education program at Eastern. As excited as I was, I was equally as nervous. Ironically enough, thinking about practicum brought out the same worries I had while I was in high school. I was worried I would embarrass myself or that I would get lost or maybe even walk into the wrong classroom. But when I got there it hit me. I am nothing like the high school “me” who walked into the high school my freshman year. Instead, I am now almost 23 years old, and I have spent the last four years preparing to be a high school teacher. My first day of practicum included some anxieties. My hands shook while I handed out papers and my voice softened while introducing myself. I was worried that my entire practicum experience was going to stay this way. I wondered if I would ever move past my insecurities. Fast forward to the following week, I started to gain more confidence. I felt more at ease being in front of a classroom of students. I started to connect with the students on a personal level, while still remaining professional. The more I interacted with the students and my cooperating teacher, the more I realized that this is exactly what I want to do for the rest of my life. I am excited to wake up for practicum every day, and I look forward to talking to the students in between their passing periods. Being in the classroom is a lot different than just reading about it from a book. From class period to class period, the students are unique, which keeps everything a little more interesting. No student is like the rest, and it is exciting to see that come to life before my eyes. This experience is everything I could have asked for so far. As I leave Eastern in two months to begin my student teaching experience, I am excited to continue strengthening my skills in the classroom. Eastern has done so much for me over the past few years, and I feel excited to leave campus a new teacher who is ready to learn! Nicole Kink is a senior English language arts student. She can be reached at 581-2812 or nekink@eiu.edu.
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Style guide must reflect changing values In order to better serve readers, reflect the world around then and accurately report the latest and most important events in their communities, newspapers must grow and evolve. Sometimes that means changing our distribution methods or our coverage. Sometimes it means endorsing political candidates and changes in local or national policy. Other times, it means changing our style guide. Style guides are the lists of grammatical rules and features that keep newspapers looking clean, professional and readable. This includes everything from our ways of referring to local buildings and locations to our policy on unclear grammatical functions to our rules on page layout and type appearance. However, grammar is one of the biggest foundations that all style guides are built on, mostly because it is the language function that best standardizes or can most effectively complicate the English language. To the average reader, grammar seems to be an apolitical and dusty subject, but it is actually a growing, breathing entity based heavily not only on the history of English and the history of English-speaking people but also on the past and present politics of language. There are countless arguments over modern grammar: whether or not “because noun” is a valid and grammatical phrase, whether or not “ain’t” is a valid word, what new slang words are transient and what should be formally incorporated into the lexicon. However, pronouns are an especially political topic in modern grammar and language. Modern
queer advocates have a lot to say about pronouns, and grammarians do, too. To be clear, many progressive parties claim that the English language does its speakers a disservice when it comes to pronouns. We do not currently have a widely-accepted grammatical feature for gender-neutral singular pronouns. This means that English speakers must make any number of awkward and sometimes political choices when we refer to someone whose gender is unknown, nonbinary or intentionally hidden. Our best current fixture for addressing gender variance for the singular case is the unwieldy “he or she,” taught to most schoolchildren since the age of The Elements of Style. However, we are increasingly noting that “he or she,” on top of being uncomfortable to read, write and say, does not accurately reflect the real world anymore—nor did it ever reflect the real world. More and more often, individual writers and publications have begun to use a singular “they” in place of “he or she,” substituting English’s best available neutral pronoun in place of a gendered set of pronouns. This fixture is controversial, as singular “they” still follows the grammatical rules that plural “they” follows, sometimes muddying sentences. However, The Daily Eastern News believes that muddied sentences are a small price to pay for what we think is a great and progressive change. Consider this our formal announcement of stylistic change: we are now beginning to incorporate
the singular “they” pronoun into our publication in place of gendered sets like “he or she” in cases of unclear or unknown gender. Not only does this decision better allow us to refer to the brilliant gender variance of the human race, it also improves readability and helps our newspaper reflect the styles in which people already speak and are accustomed to speaking. Singular “they” has been a linguistic feature of ours since about the 16th century. We now commonly use singular “they” in conversation the same way that we use “who” in place of “whom.” In the past few years, several major publications have changed their rules to allow singular “they” as a grammatical rule. For instance, The Washington Post changed their style guide last year to allow singular “they,” a decision that has only drawn support for their publication. To serve our readers in their daily lives, to serve our queer students in their preferred pronouns and to actively reflect a linguistic and cultural change, we at The News want to take a stand for the singular “they.” We firmly believe that our newspaper can only be improved because of this style change. There is no logical reason that we can see for avoiding the singular “they.” It is a stable linguistic feature, and we are poised at the perfect time in history to jump on the bandwagon and help change our language for the better. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
Food security, nutrition imperative for seniors Older people are vulnerable to malnutrition for many reasons, ranging from dysphagia, difficulty eating and swallowing to Alzheimer’s disease and depression. When older people are not feeling at the top of their game or if they have a chronic illness this can affect their level of energy and mobility, and they may not feel like cooking for themselves. Their lunch or dinner may consist of nothing but empty calories such as crackers, cookies or microwave popcorn. As we age our taste buds change. Foods that we loved when we were younger may seem intolerable to us as we become older. Seniors that have missing teeth or poor dental hygiene may stop eating certain foods like meat and other good proteins because their gums hurt when they try to chew their food. If they have a limited income they may be forced to buy unhealthy foods that they can afford like TV dinners or frozen foods full of preservatives because they can throw these meals in the microwave easily. Assessment of what they consume and their dietary practices are important to talk about when they visit the doctor. Federal regulations require this assessment if the senior is in a hospital, nursing home or getting home health services. However, it is not required from the family doctor. Family members should mention any suspicions that they may have about their loved ones nutrition when and if they accompany them on
Cindy Huff their visit to the doctor. The doctor can offer advice on nutrition, or get them an appointment with a nutritionist, who will be more than happy to recommend a healthy diet and vitamin supplements. Nutritional education and counseling can prevent or prolong the advancement of disease and keep the senior citizen in a state of well-being both physically and mentally. One of the most important factors in keeping senior citizens on a healthy diet is understanding their culture and their eating habits as well as their living environment and following up with them to be sure that they are eating nutritious foods. Elders who live alone or are physically not able to cook often become malnourished, and are at high risk for nutritional deficiencies that can lead
to even more health problems, such as a weak immune system, poor wound healing and muscle weakness that can lead to falls. Good nutrition is very important throughout our lives but even more so as we age. Always be observant when it comes to your elders’ eating habits, try to spend some time with them, at least once a week and not just on special occasions. Offer to take them to the grocery store and help them pick out good wholesome foods, while explaining to them how important it is for their health. If all else fails and you begin to notice that they are having some weight loss issues for unexplained reasons, it would be a good idea to get some outside help. There is a program called Meals on Wheels that will deliver nutritious meals for homebound seniors age 60 and over, free of charge or for a small fee, depending on the area where you live. There are many useful tools on the Internet that can help you and instruct you where to go for help. Identifying and treating nutrition issues in senior citizens will improve their overall health and may even help them live for a longer period of time. Cindy Huff is an aging studies graduate student. She can be reached at 581-2812 or clhuff2@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 “She always was pretty intense. She knew if no one pushed that student far no one would get there,” Kahler said. “Caroline was never afraid to ruffle some feathers to get where we needed to go.” Vieux said Simpson cared deeply about the students she taught. “She expected a lot, and gave as much as she expected,” Vieux said. Numerous former students who have heard about Simpson’s death have contacted Kahler. “Caroline did make a difference in so many student’s lives,” Kahler said. He said they will always remember her. “She became part of the heart and soul of the department, and it’s hard to imagine the department without her…(but) I know that’s what she wants,” Kahler said. “She wants us to succeed, she wants us to move forward. In honor of her, we will do that.” Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 “Since 2012, Coles County lost $9.3 million from state budget cuts including $3.7 million in Charleston,” Titus said. “Passing this sales tax would be the cheapest way to make up for that money.” Titus said getting the money would give residents local control “We won’t have to rely on Illinois state reps to keep their promises,” Titus said. Titus said the sales taxes would lower the financial burden for Coles County residents because visitors from out-of-state who attend summer camps at Eastern and parents who visit students throughout the year would help pay the
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tax. If the referendum was a property tax increase, then only home and business owners would have been responsible for raising the funds. Titus said if the sales tax increase is not passed, it would make the county vulnerable for future property tax increases. “Voting no is an assurance that they will be an increase in property taxes,” Titus said. “The State Board of Education, Health and Safety reviews buildings, and when they make their assessment those improvements must be made. The school board has no choice.” Facilities being improved and school bonds
being paid off have the possibility of helping both community members and Eastern faculty and students. “As a townie, the fate of EIU and Coles County are linked; we rise together,” Titus said. “What I think will help each other are better schools. Better schools attract more businesses and that will increase internship opportunities and work for Eastern students.”
efits and advantages of each change. “I think we have to be honest in our recommendations and think, ‘does it make sense for the students who are interested?’” England said. “If we give them something to react to, then the responses will be more useful.” The group decided to explain the reasons
behind its decisions. Mueller said they will take into consideration faculty and student suggestions. The Workgroup will meet again at noon Wednesday in room 2750 of Coleman Hall.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 However, the members did not know whether psychology and sociology would be considered a part of the hard sciences or with human health studies. Richard England, dean of the Honors College, said the purpose of any change is to improve the current circumstance, so the group’s suggestions should include the ben-
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Marketing workgroup talks branding issues By Cassie Buchman News Editor |@cjbuchman Workgroup No. 6, which look at university marketing and branding, talked about the issues relating to creating a brand at their meeting Wednesday. In their recommendations, the group is considering the organizational structure of marketing, the sharing of information across campus to allow work to be done from lots of different areas, building awareness of Eastern across the region, building awareness establishing and communicating the university’s brand. The group acknowledged the university has a public relations issue, with people thinking Eastern is going to close, when that is not the case. Because of this, the workgroup discussed going beyond potential students and their families with their message, and how they were going to reach a concerned public. Communication studies professor Chigozirim Utah said in a small town, people communicate efficiently with one another, which is good, but it can also bite the university with their mar-
keting efforts. “(Community members) see Eastern as such a fundamental part of their community. They want to know, ‘how are you guys doing down there, I heard all these things,’” she said. Jeremy Alexander, interim associate director of housing and dining, said it came back to brand identity and using a workplace hub of connected marketing areas to do so. “How do you make sure it can be a one-stop shop to make sure that not only our campus constituents but our community partners would be able to help us by being brand ambassadors for us?” Alexander said. He said a work flow would exist so each area could focus on their own work specific to their own tasks. Utah said though everyone has been resilient and making do with what they have. This “survival discourse” used with marketing makes her nervous because smaller details start to get forgotten, such as the state of buildings. “If you are recruiting people and they come to your building and it looks jack, I don’t care what you say, (they’ll be like) what is going on,” Utah
said. Workgroup chair Richard Flight, a marketing professor, said these issues can make it hard to develop a brand. If the university brands itself a certain way, they need to walk the walk, Flight said. “Part of it is a physical thing, but part of it is if we say we are a great value we have to be a great value,” Flight said. “When students compare costs and values from other universities, for instance you have to actually follow through with what you say you are.” Alexander said it is not just about saying Eastern is a great value — it is about communicating that value and letting people know how those play into that value equation for a student. Alexander said because the university is low on an investment and employee side, people are doing their best to do what they need to do done, but they cannot run marketing for a university of this size with such a small staff. “We have a fantastic product, and we need to make sure we’re putting institutional resources behind telling our story,” Alexander said. The group agreed that it would be hard to effec-
tively communicate a brand identity without the right resources or facilities. Flight said a recurring theme is that there is not enough funding for groups to do everything they want to do. “Marketing is an investment. You have to put money in, and when you put money in you get results out,” he said. The group will look at short-term and longterm goals in their recommendations. Alexander said it would be shortsighted if they went with only short-term goals, as it would perpetuate an attitude of only reacting to crises. “We also have to keep our eye on the horizon, what are markets that we can start to branch into,” Alexander said. Christy Kilgore, assistant director of marketing and creative services, said the university has always been very reactive with their marketing, but the workgroup’s recommendations will include the reactive tactics the university needs to take now and proactive marketing that needs to be done as well. Cassie Buchman can be reached at 581-2812 or cjbuchman@eiu.edu.
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sults for the Panthers. Senior Kelly Iden teamed up with Summers in doubles action. Iden and The Eastern women’s tennis team Summers defeated the Chicago State finished strong in consolation match- duo of Hannah Pangestu and Monica es at the ITA regional tournament at Pulger by a score of 8-5. After their first victory, the team Michigan State University that took of Iden and Summers fell in the next place Oct. 20-23. Junior Grace Summers and fresh- round to Notre Dame’s Brooke Broda man Stella Cliffe opened play at the and Monica Robinson by a score of tourney on Thursday Oct. 20. They 8-5. Broda and Robinson advanced to both fell in their qualifying matches, the doubles finals. Iden was the first women’s tennis but not without putting up a fight. Summers and Cliffe both took player in Eastern history to ever to their respective opponents to three earn an automatic qualifying bid in the Midwest ITA singles bracket. sets before falling in the third. “I am very excited to represent EIU Cliffe won her first set against Michigan State junior Aslina Chua in at the Midwest regional,” Iden said. a tiebreak, before losing the next two “I am looking forward to the competition and the opportunity for my sets (7-6[5], 3-6, 7-5). Summers took her opponent to teammates and I to continue making three sets as well, after earning a first EIU history.” Iden was defeated in her match by round bye due to seeding. Summers would go on to face Wisconsin senior Maria Avgerinos (6Bowling Green freshman Maharita- 2, 6-2) in the opening round. In the Panthers consolation matchSophia Tavpash, who defeated Cleveland State sophomore Aleksandra Go- es, Cliffe defeated Cleveland St. fresh- Kelly Iden plays during the opening match of the main draw. lawski in three sets, finishing with a man Isabella Spindler, dropping only That duo of Fahey and Najarian 4, 7-6, 8-6). two games to finish (6-1, 6-1). final score of (6-0, 5-7, 6-2). Michigan occupied both of the fi- won the doubles title. The pair defeatSummers also won her consolation After winning her first set against Tavpash, Summers fell in her next match against Detroit freshman Kse- nal two spots with sophomore Kate ed Brooke Broda and Monica RobinNew York TimesThe Syndication Sales Corporation Fahey defeating teammate Alex Naja- son from Notre Dame by a score of Providokhina. two athletes two sets. The match finished with The a nia 620 three Eighth New York, rian10018 by a score of (6-2, 6-2) to win the 8-1. went setsAvenue, and 37 games before N.Y. score of (4-6, 6-4, 6-3). For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 won by a final score of (6- tournament. The next day produced better re- Summers
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Sophomore Matt Jacobs competes in the men's 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday, Jan. 16 at Padovan Pool during the meet against Western Illinois.
Jacobs continues to set the bar even higher By Maria Baldwin Features Reporter | @mariabaldwin23 After the recent Olympics in Rio, when people imagine a swimmer getting ready for their race, they imagine the look on Michael Phelps’s face as he prepared and visualized his swims with his headphones on. You will find Eastern junior swimmer Matt Jacobs in similar fashion before his races, and he said visualization is key to success in swimming. “A big thing with swimming is visualizing your race,” Jacobs said. “How you want to handle each leg of your race, times you want to hit on each leg, and how you want to be feeling at each stage of the race. You just put the headphones on, visualize, and then execute your race, hopefully the way you wanted to. I do this for ten minutes before I get on the blocks.” While visualization is key, it is a learned quality and trait for many athletes, and for Jacobs, he started
swimming at a young age and was a natural in the water. “When I was a little kid, I loved getting into my pool,” Jacobs said. “When I had swimming lessons, the instructor told my parents that I was naturally comfortable in the water, and that I should join a team.” After a successful high school career as an all-conference swimmer in the breaststroke, Jacobs said he came to Eastern because of the potential he saw in the young Panther squad. In his first season with the Panthers, Jacobs added his name to the record books in two events, the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke, in places sixth and ninth. However, during his sophomore season last year, Jacobs was setback after a hand injury that caused him to have trouble swimming in the first six weeks of his season. “Last year I broke my hand in the very beginning of the season on move-in day,” Jacobs said. “We just
got on campus and moving our furniture, and a bed got dropped on it. I spent the first six weeks getting in the pool with my two fingers taped together with a splint and it was hard to practice that way.” Despite the setback, Jacobs moved into third all-time in Eastern history in the 200-meter breaststroke with his time of 2 minutes 5.65 seconds and fourth in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 57.24. “My strengths are in my dedication and hard work,” Jacobs said. “I put in a lot of work over the summer, and a lot of extra work in the pool. I do extra things outside of the pool to make me better.” Eastern coach Jacqueline Michalski said Jacobs’ performance in and out of the pool, and determination to get better pushes his teammates to do the same. “I like how coachable Matt is,” Michalski said. “He put in a lot of work over the summer, and he is open to
changing his technique and working on his imperfections.” This season, Jacobs wants to raise the bar he set for himself higher with bigger goals in mind. “I want to get both of the records, in the 100 and the 200 stroke,” Jacobs said. “I also want to improve my times, but I’m making sure as I go throughout the season, that I keep improving.” Jacobs said to help him improve, he has been doing a lot of technique work, and that for the breaststroke his kick was wider than he would have liked. In his first meet of the season last week at IUPUI, Jacobs finished first in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:09.06. “IUPUI is always a tough meet,” Jacobs said. “They’re a big school who is good at swimming, and I thought as a team we performed well, and I was happy with my swims, considering that I was out most of last week
because I was sick. I’m looking forward to the rest of the season.” Jacobs thought the team started off strong and looks the best he has seen after one meet. “We started off very strong,” Jacobs said. “We are looking better than I’ve ever seen us. We have a lot of confidence going into this season, and this week we have Valparaiso, and we are wanting to win that. This will be our best year as a team.” Eastern will return to Padovan Pool for their home opener this weekend, as they host Valparaiso at 1 p.m. “There’s always conference and house of champs, but we always like swimming against Valparaiso,” Jacobs said. “We always go back and forth with winning or losing against them. It’s great competition.” Maria Baldwin can be reached at 581-2812 or mjbaldwin@eiu.edu
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Panthers football in must-win mode
By Sean Hastings Sports Editor| @DEN_Sports Jacksonville State is the secondbest team in the nation and if Eastern plays like how it did Saturday against Murray State, the Gamecocks will win with no problem. The Panthers stayed in the game with the Murray State Racers because Murray State was a 1-5 team, but Jacksonville State is much better and will make Eastern pay for every mistake. The reason the Gamecocks will be able to make the Panthers play is because their run game is the best in the Ohio Valley Conference and one of the best in the FCS. Eastern has proven to the OVC
and the FCS that they have the offense to win games and score points, but they have also proven they do turn the ball over and that has to stop. In the last three games Jacksonville State has played, they have only allowed 42 points and have put up 98 points against its opponents, which is why the Panthers cannot make any mistakes on Saturday. Redshirt junior running back Devin Church said the Panthers had their best Tuesday practice of the year and feels Eastern will be ready to go when the time comes. When Eastern has played average teams, or “mediocre” teams as Church put, the Panthers play to that team’s level. But when faced with the good teams, Eastern shows up and plays
Sean Hastings like they should. Besides not turning the ball over, the biggest key for the Panthers will be to make sure Church stays readily involved. Church has consistently gotten the most touches on offense with the way he can run the ball and catch a pass
and take off for a big gain. Most of the time, a 38-point performance should be enough, and when six turnovers are added to the mix, it is almost impressive in a way that the Panthers still scored so many points. And they have a 21-point first quarter to thank for that. Eastern wanted a big start that day, they needed it, and they got it. But maybe the focus was turned too much on starting fast and when they got up 21-3, they stepped off the gas pedal. That’s what Church thought, at least. He said Eastern got up so big they almost became satisfied with the lead and did not continue to push the way
they needed to throughout the game. It will also help to have redshirt junior quarterback Mitch Kimble back leading the offense. He was in for the first quarter to score all the points, but left late in the second quarter with an injury to his forearm that coach Kim Dameron called a shot to a nerve. Either way, this game may mean a spot in the playoffs or not for the Panthers, and Church said the team knows what is at stake. A conference championship can almost be forgotten about, but playoffs are very much a possibility. Sean Hastings can be reached at 5812812 or smhastings@eiu.edu
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Brown draws inspiration from brothers By Adam Shay Features Reporter | @DEN_Sports Eastern women’s basketball player Erica Brown is playing for more than her personal records her senior year. While Brown continues to move up in the Eastern record books, her inspiration comes from an important family member. Brown said her older twin brothers Sam and Scott have always been her biggest influence regarding basketball. Ever since Brown was little, she wanted to be just like her brothers as she watched them play with a hoop attached to their shed. “They started playing, and as a kid and I wanted to be like them,” Brown said. “So I was like ‘Okay, that looks cool, I want to be like you guys.’” Sam, Scott and Brown were the first athletes in her family. Her mother and father did not play sports. As they grew older, her brother Sam became very passionate about basketball. Brown said he did all he could to pursue a college career, but never had the opportunities she did. “He played summer ball just like I did,” Brown said. “He was very good, but he didn’t have the team to help him get noticed.” Brown said her inspiration to pursue basketball came from Sam as he devoted time into Brown by taking her to the gym and working on her jump shot. She said Sam was the first person to notice her true talent and put faith into her basketball career. “He put a lot of his effort into me,” Brown said. “He saw a lot of potential in me and he knew that I could do great things.” By the time Brown began to receive scholarships to play basketball, she made it a goal to not only play for herself, but to play for Sam. “When the offers came for me, I took the opportunity for the both of us,” Brown said. “I wanted to play D-1 basketball for the both of us.” Brown was recruited by Eastern coach Brady Sallee as she went into her sophomore year of high school. She said she did not need to be recruited by any other school; Eastern was the school for her. “Eastern felt like home to me,” Brown said. “I liked the small town feel of Eastern and my parents have come to every home game.” As of now, Brown enters her senior year ranking fifth in Eastern women’s basketball history with 116 blocks. During her sophomore season, Brown had 49 blocks, ranking fourth in Eastern history for women’s basketball. Brown’s ability to block shots has become her strongest skill on the court. As good as she’s been, Brown
said her ability to block shots has become her biggest weakness too. “Blocking over the years has become my biggest strength and weakness because of foul trouble,” Brown said. “I need to balance those two more.” Before Brown came to Eastern, she had a very successful high school basketball team and career at Nashville Community, a school with under 400 students enrolled. Her high school went to state three out of the four years she attended.
“He saw a lot of potential in me and he knew that I could do great things,” -Erica Brown
When she was not playing high school basketball, Brown played in summer leagues and played AAU basketball for St. Louis Adidas. Brown’s dream and dedication to play basketball helped her land the starting spot at small forward her sophomore year. In May of 2013, Brown suffered a torn labium and rotator cuff. Brow n s a i d her injury dates back a year and a half, but she never had it checked out. “It took m e a ye a r and a half to realize my inj u r y,” B r o w n said. “My mom kept telling me to get it checked out, but I’m an athlete, we play through injuries. That’s what athletes do.” Doctor’s even told Brown they were shocked she continued to play so long after suffering the injury. Brown said before surgery and telling her mother, sometimes she would pop and tape her shoulder back into place. “My shoulder continued to slide out of place and it kept tearing,” Brown said. “I was actually taping my shoulder into place so it would stop sliding.”
Her injuries resulted in shoulder surgery, which Brown said is a reason she came off the bench her freshman year of college. Nevertheless, with her dedication to improve, it did not take long for Brown to receive more playing time. “As a freshman, you have to fight for your spot and earn it,” Brown said. “I got better as the year went on and after Christmas, I became a sixth man.” At the end of her freshman year, Brown had a stat line of 4.4 points per game, along with 4.2 rebounds and shooting 51.7 percent from the field. She ranked sixth in the OVC with 24 blocks. During her sophomore year, Brown stepped up her game and became a starter. She played in 30 games and started 28 of them, averaging 8 points, 6.6 rebounds, 70.2 percent free throw shooting and 1.6 blocks per game. In her junior year, Brown emerged as one of the team’s best players. She started all 28 games and averaged a team high
10.1 points per game, 7 rebounds, 1.5 blocks per game and improved her free throw shooting to 73 percent and field goal percentage to 42.5 percent. Brown set personal records that year. In a game against Loyola-Chicago, she had 16 rebounds and against Memphis, she tied her career high with 20 points. There is not a single game that sticks out for Brown. She said regardless of how well she plays in a game, it does not matter unless the team wins.
“All of my games blur together,” Brown said. “But I care more about my team winning than my personal stats.” As she enters her senior year, Brown said she has set personal and team goals. For herself, she said continuing to improve and doing all she can to help her team reach the Ohio Valley Conference tournament. “I came up three rebounds short last year of averaging a double-double,” Brown said. “I want to average a double-double, along with helping Eastern go to the OVC tournament and improve from last year.” Brown has become the leader of the basketball team because she is the only senior. The team has a combined six juniors and sophomores who she has played with before. The senior has enjoyed the progression of team chemistry over the years. “Our chemistry continues to get stronger each year,” Brown said. “We keep getting closer and closer.” For the remaining four freshmen, Brown said she has given them advice about being the youngest and most inexperienced players on the team. “My advice to freshmen is to never give up,” Brown said. “Things get hard and when you think you can’t do it, you can.” Adam Shay can be reached at 5812812 or acshay@eiu.edu.
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Senior women’s basketball player Erica Brown plays basketball for more than just herself, but for her older brother Sam.
Volleyball continues to struggle at home games By Maher Kawash Volleyball Reporter | @DEN_Sports Block after block, the Eastern volleyball team just could not top the outstretched front line and effort of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Tuesday night. Along with the 10 blocks from the Cougars, the Panthers were also handed a sweeping three-set loss for their 10th consecutive loss at home this season. Eastern was not able to get much going from the first set of the match, and that was noticeable with the team failing to score more than 15 points in
any set. Of the three sets in the match, the first and second offered the most hope for a win early on, but all still faltered the same way. Two of the three first sets were back-and-forth within the first ten points scored in the game, but that is when the Cougars continued to find their rhythm. Both of those sets resulted in a 2515 loss as well as a 25-13 downfall. Southern Illinois Edwardsville used runs such as a 10-3 streak in the third set to pull away 25-12. “It’s our first bad match in quite some time, and they did everything
they had to,” Eastern coach Sam Wolinski said. “They executed the high level and that’s why they won in three.” The defensive attack from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville proved to be too much, and the outside hitting for the Panthers struggled. “They served the ball really well and they won the serve and pass game,” Wolinski said. “When you play in system you should hit like that, and that’s exactly what they did.” While the Panthers had their own struggles with the Cougars’ attack, it was clear that their own mistakes were also making a negative impact.
Eastern had 18 attack errors on the night while posting a hitting percentage of just .059. The Panthers were outmatched in more ways than one as the Cougars finished with 23 more kills and digs in the match. While the team could not find much success in the win column, some individuals still led the way for Eastern. Sophomore Taylor Smith was one of those Panthers as she continued her triple-double chasing ways by coming close with 7 kills, 13 assists, and 5 digs. Redshirt sophomore Gina Fur-
lin added 10 assists of her own while freshman Lindsey Powers put together 12 digs. The loss marks Eastern’s 9th in the Ohio Valley Conference, and drops the team to 5-21 overall this year. The Panthers now turn their focus to this weekend for one of their final five matches of the regular season. They will hit the road for a clash with Tennessee State Saturday afternoon before earning some rest until Nov. 4 to take on Tennessee-Martin at home. Maher Kawash can be reached at 5812812 or mwkawash@eiu.edu.